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Is TV Over the 'Net Really Cheaper Than Cable?
jfruh writes "More and more people are joining the ranks of 'cord-cutters' — those who cancel their cable TV subscriptions and get their televisied entertainment either for free over the airwaves or over the Internet. But, assuming you're going to do things legally, is this really a cheaper option? It depends on what you watch. Brian Proffitt contemplated this move, and he walks you through the calculations he made to figure out the prices of cutting the cord. He weighed the costs of various a la carte and all-you-can-eat Internet streaming services, and took into account the fact that Internet service on its own is often pricier than it would be if bundled with cable TV."
Well I'm 40, but I grew up with computers. My first was an Atari 800.
-- By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.
It's mostly inertia; older people (like 30+) are set in their ways and think cable is a requirement for modern life. (I say this as someone almost 40; I don't think most of my peers are as up to newer technologies as me.)
What do you think of black people?
(This should be interesting.)